I agree with this, but I think there's also a systemic element: VOY, regardless of its flaws or merits as entertainment, also reflects the shift from syndication-where Trek was offered directly by the studio and something of a heavy hitter-to the rise of the mini-nets, where Trek was subject to a supernumerary layer of executive oversight and confined to a niche. UPN was never a terribly competently-managed network, and Trek as a property was at the mercy of whatever narrow demographic strategy was in vogue at the network at a given time.
